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New York Times, Monday, April 24, 2006

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Molecular bits
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
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673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 42%
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© 2006, The New York Times4/24/6 ( No. 20,621 )
Across
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First name in daytime talk : OPRAH
6
Expires : DIES
10
Has a part on stage : ACTS
14
Carbon copy : CLONE
15
Univ. military program : ROTC
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Abrupt : CURT
17
Quaker Oats cereal : CAPNCRUNCH
19
Village Voice bestowal : OBIE
20
Indian in the Four Corners states : UTE
21
Fraternity party staples : KEGS
22
Entrance to a superhighway : ONRAMP
24
Fixes, as old shoes : RESOLES
26
Hired hitman : GOON
27
One side in checkers : RED
28
Good-looking : HANDSOME
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Whaling weapon : SPEAR
35
Seeger of the Weavers : PETE
36
Wharf : QUAY
37
Threadbare : WORN
38
Passover meal : SEDER
39
Lenin's land, for short : USSR
40
Entranced : AGOG
41
Cribbage pieces : PEGS
42
Wash oneself : BATHE
43
Steep drop, as in prices : NOSEDIVE
45
"___ better to have loved ..." : TIS
46
Pickle-to-be, slangily : CUKE
47
Ship's warning signal : FOGHORN
51
What a 54-Across may do to a matador : CHARGE
54
Matador's foe : TORO
55
Cattle call : MOO
56
Doozy : LULU
57
Iced tea garnish : LEMONTWIST
60
Awfully long time : AGES
61
"Heavens to Betsy!" : EGAD
62
Tighten, as laces : RETIE
63
Ritzy : POSH
64
Awfully long time : EONS
65
Acceptances : YESES
Down
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Take place : OCCUR
2
Batter's place : PLATE
3
Know the ___ : ROPES
4
Andy's raggedy pal : ANN
5
Audience troublemaker : HECKLER
6
What dispensaries dispense : DRUGS
7
Molecular bits : IONS
8
And so on, briefly : ETC
9
Large sailing vessel : SCHOONER
10
Thanksgiving vegetable : ACORNSQUASH
11
It's south of Florida : CUBA
12
Svelte : TRIM
13
"___ lively!" : STEP
18
Oboe part : REED
23
Silent assent : NOD
25
Soft drink that Norman Rockwell drew ads for : ORANGECRUSH
26
Fence openings : GATES
28
Property divider : HEDGE
29
Give the heave-ho : OUST
30
Turn into pulp : MASH
31
Brontë's "Jane ___" : EYRE
32
"___ Lake" : SWAN
33
Cartoon possum : POGO
34
Greek love god : EROS
35
Irk : PEEVE
38
"Do the Right Thing" director, writer and actor : SPIKELEE
42
Prejudice : BIGOTRY
44
Searched for buried treasure : DUG
45
Shredded : TORN
47
Supermarket offerings : FOODS
48
Excludes : OMITS
49
W.W. II's ___ the Riveter : ROSIE
50
Memory joggers : NOTES
51
Applaud : CLAP
52
"Les Misérables" author : HUGO
53
Tavern mugfuls : ALES
54
I.R.S. agent, e.g. : TMAN
58
Source of an attitude : EGO
59
Pint-sized : WEE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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